| Deposit ID | 10015545 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DB01414 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Azomite - Welded Tuff Deposit East #3 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -111.91856, 39.36107 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1646 |
| Relative position | 0.7 MILE SE INTERSECTION UTAH ROUTE 28 AND SANPETE-JUAB COUNTY LINE |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Sanpete(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Hells Kitchen Canyon SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Manti(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Price(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Middle Sevier(hydrologic unit)
Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)
Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)
Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Sanpete |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 017S | 001W | 03 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Volcanic Materials | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Tuff | Ore |
| Result | 20 % PUMICE, 20 % GLASS SHARDS, 15 % SANIDINE, 5 % OLIGOCLASE, 35 % DEVITRIFIED GLASS |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Welded Tuff | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Goldens Ranch Welded Tuff | ||||||||
| Rock description | Goldens Ranch Welded Tuff | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Welded Tuff |
| Rock unit name | Goldens Ranch Formation |
| Rock description | Goldens Ranch Formation |
| (1) | -111.91856, 39.36107 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Gunnison Plateau Syncline |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Abundant Normal Faulting |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 7.32M |
| Length | 765.52M |
| Width | 18.29M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Depth to bottom | 7.32M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Azome Utah Mining Co. |
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Area | 0.012HA |
| Overall length | 20M |
| Overall width | 6.4M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DB01414 |
SRC.REF: PRATT AND CALLAGHAN, UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY BULL. 85 , 1970
PRATT, A. P., AND CALLAGHAN, E., 1970 , LAND AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SANPETE COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 85
DOLLAR, R. S., 1978
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-1978 | Dollar, Robert S. | Bureau of Land Management |
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